Not everyone will “buy what you are selling.” That’s ok because you can’t resonate with everyone. In life, we meet many people. If you realize that rejection is a numbers game, it stands to reason that the more exposure you have, the more successful you will be.…

I want to share a story about a single mother that refused to accept rejection. She was living on government assistance, barely able to maintain a roof over her head. She had typed a 320 page manuscript for a children’s book. Since she didn’t even have enough money to pay for photocopies, she painstakingly re-typed all 320 pages every time she submitted it to a publisher. One publisher after another rejected her book. “Too long.” “Written for the wrong audience.” “Children’s books don’t make money.” Twelve submissions, twelve rejections. Then, the chairman of a small publishing house handed the first three chapters of the manuscript to his eight-year old daughter.…

If you ask someone for something and they say no, you’re no worse off than before you asked. You never had it so you didn’t lose anything. The benefit is that they could say yes. Rejection has no downside.…